No society can exist without some means for restraining individual rapacity. — William Barr Copy Share Image
[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“You know you're no longer a boyfriend when there's a restraining order.” — AP Miller Copy Share Image
Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Often you don’t know whether you’re the hero of a romantic comedy or the villain on a Lifetime special until the restraining… — Tim Kreider Copy Share Image
He shook his head in mock sympathy. "I tell you, Sage. Sometimes I think I am the one who needs to take… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
What the law tried to do by a restraining power from without, the gospel does by an inspiring power from within. — Catherine Booth Copy Share Image
“I'm looking for freedom with a side of restraining order, but everything just comes with bacon.” — Sarah Cross Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure what he's saying , but by the way he's checking you out, it looks like you're gonna need a… — Sharon Ledwith Copy Share Image
“The only person restraining you from being you is you, but being you is always the best thing you can do.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The orgy of thieving in Iraq has more to do with the character of the people than the absence of restraining troops.… — Robert Kilroy-Silk Copy Share Image
. . . but there's a restraining order in place.' She speaks slowly, choosing her words carefully. 'I'm not supposed to be… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
Municipal laws are a supply to the wisdom of each individual; and, at the same time, by restraining the natural liberty of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“I won’t.” He reached for her hand, which rested on the seat betweenthem, and wrapped it tightly in his. “I promise. If… — Lauren Baker Copy Share Image
When God's people are removed from this earth, you might as well try to dam up Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
There will be found to exist at all times an imperious necessity for restraining all the functionaries of the Government within the… — John Tyler Copy Share Image
I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
Beethoven and Wagner for many years wrung our hearts. But now we are sated with them and derive much greater pleasure from… — Luigi Russolo Copy Share Image
“As if you don’t already know all this, men who beat up on women are different than the rest of us. Okay?… — Keith Ablow Copy Share Image
If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices,… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
People continued regardless of all that leads man forward to try to unite the incompatibles:;: the virtue of love, and what is… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Editors and reporters are not as free and independent to invite a variety of opinions as they might think. They are free… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Broadly speaking, Keynesianism means that the government has a specific responsibility for the behavior of the economy, that it doesn't work on… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The restraining grace of common sense is the mark of all valid minds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sometimes our power resides not in what we do, but in what we don't do. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong. — Dennis Hastert Copy Share Image
When you have an individual that is committed to killing someone else, you can't expect a restraining order or the police to… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
Success has less to do with what we can get ourselves to do and more to do with keeping ourselves from doing… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
You will be able to check envy if you rejoice with the man whom you envy whenever he rejoices, and grieve whenever… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
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